Kanwa tho Lodge 636 is the Order of the Arrow (OA) lodge for the Three Harbors Council of the Boy Scouts of America, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The lodge's name means "Panther Band," honoring the Potawatomi tribe that historically lived in the area. Kanwa tho Lodge was chartered on January 06, 2013, at its Inaugural Winter Banquet, where Mikano Lodge #231 and Mascoutens Lodge #8 were consolidated into a single lodge. This merger happened because the Southeast Wisconsin Council and the Milwaukee County Council joined to create the Three Harbors Council in 2011.

Lodge Name and Totem

Kanwa tho Lodge is named after a subgrouping of the Potawatomi tribe of Indians headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their totem is the panther, as "Kanwa tho" translates to "panther band".

Former Lodges

• Mikano Lodge #231 was chartered in 1943 in the Milwaukee County Council. Its name means "turtle" in the Ho Chunk language. The totem was in recognition of the turtle effigy mound at Indian Mound Scout Reservation.

• Mascoutens Lodge #8 was chartered in 1972 and served the Southeast Wisconsin Council. The name means "People of the Little Prairie" and its totem was the beaver. Mascoutens Lodge was created in the merger of Chippecotton Lodge #524 and Oh-Da-Ko-Ta Lodge #153 during the creation of the Southeast Wisconsin Council.

• Oh-Da-Ko-Ta Lodge #153 was chartered in 1939 and served the Racine County Council. The name meant "friendly" and the lodge totem was an acorn and leaf.

• Chippecotton Lodge #524 was chartered in 1957 and served the Kenosha County Council. The totem comes from the lodge name, meaning "chipmunk."

Sources = Google and ThreeHarborsScouting.org